COWRIE is pleased to announce the release of the above report, prepared by WWT (The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust).

In August 2008, COWRIE commissioned WWT to analyse the migration routes and flight heights of whooper swans between their breeding grounds in Iceland and the UK, in relation to offshore wind farms, particularly those in the East Irish Sea and Greater Wash areas.

40 satellite transmitters were fitted to whooper swans at sites in the UK in winter 2008/2009. A further 10 were fitted and one transmitter redeployed in Iceland in August 2009, to provide information on the swans' southbound tracks during autumn migration.

The full report can be found here.